Acutaspis is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae.
The species of this genus are found mainly in the Americas.
Species Species: These 18 species belong to the genus Acutaspis: Acutaspis acuta (Mamet, 1951) (Madagascar) Acutaspis agavis (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898) (North, Central, and South America) Acutaspis albopicta (Cockerell, 1898) (albopicta scale) (North, Central, and South America) Acutaspis aliena (Newstead, 1901) (Alien Scale) Acutaspis arbelaezi Balachowsky, 1959 (Colombia) Acutaspis decorosa Ferris, 1941 (Mexico) Acutaspis erythraspidis (Newstead, 1917) (Guyana) Acutaspis litorana Lepage, 1942 (Brazil) Acutaspis morrisonorum Kosztarab, 1963 (round conifer scale) (United States, Bermuda, Canada, Caribbean) Acutaspis oliveirae (Lepage & Giannotti, 1942) (Brazil) Acutaspis paulista (Hempel, 1900) (Brazil, Argentina) Acutaspis perseae (Comstock, 1881) (red bay scale) Acutaspis ramirezi Balachowsky, 1959 (Colombia) Acutaspis reniformis (Cockerell, 1897) (Mexico, Argentina) Acutaspis scutiformis (Cockerell, 1893) (Argentina, Guatemala, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia) Acutaspis subnigra McKenzie, 1947 (Peru) Acutaspis tingi McKenzie, 1947 (Mexico) Acutaspis umbonifera (Newstead, 1920) (Guyana, Paraguay, Colombia, United States, Panama)
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